Our team
Making live-saving surgical care available to all
Secretariat
Ms. Yuval Cohen
Project Coordinator, Value-based Healthcare, based at UNITAR
Mrs. Nefti
Bempong-Ahun
Project Manager
Dr. Mélanie Samson
Senior Technical Officer, Women’s Health
Ms. Marta Erroz
Operations Associate
Mr. Sebastian Hofbauer
Programme Manager
Dr. Geoff Ibbotson
Executive Director
Ms. Léa Simon
Project Coordinator, SURGhub, based at UNITAR
Mr. Jan Plavcan
Senior Advisor, Strategy, Communications and Partnerships
Dr. John E. Varallo
Team Lead, Women’s Health
Ms. Francesca Vitucci
Project Manager, SURGhub
Governing Bodies
Foundation Board
Prof. Rifat Atun
Board Chair
Dr. Phumzile
Mlambo-Ngcuka
Board Member
Mr. John Cross
Board Member
High-Level Council
Dr. Lubna Samad
Co-Chair
Mr. Nikhil Seth
Co-Chair
Dr. Ifereimi Waquainabete
Western Pacific
Dr. Reem Al Bunyan
Middle East & North Africa
Dr. Adrian Gelb
Americas
Mr. Roland Göhde
Private Sector
Ms. Stella Itungu
Professional Societies
Dr. Noor Hisham
South & South-East Asia
Mr. Pradeep Kakkatil
NGOs
Mr. Ricardo Leite
Europe & Central Asia
Dr. Salome Maswime
Academia
Dr. Liz McLeod
Western Pacific
Dr. John Meara
Academia
Mr. Justin Narducci
NGOs
Mr. Alex Mejia
Americas
Ms. Susie Schaefer
Organisational Founders
Dr. Aly Shalaby
Middle East & North Africa
Mr. Rali Mampeule
Philanthropic Donors
Dr. Emmanuel Makasa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Technical Advisory Council
Dr. Abebe Bekele
Professional Societies
Dr. Daniela Filipescu
Europe & Central Asia
Dr. Kee Park
Americas
Dr. Matchecane Cossa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Dr. Walt Johnson
NGOs
Dr. Ronke Desalu
Professional Societies
Dr. Bhagawan Koirala
South & South-East Asia
Dr. Nesrine Elrefai
Middle-East & North Africa
Dr. Chris Lundgren
Academia
Advisors
Dr. Anam Noor Ehsan
Dr. Benjamin Gold
Mr. Julio Andrade
Dr. Mark Shrime
Dr. Ché L. Reddy
Dr. Tom Randall
Dr. Dominique Vervoort
Dr. Kusum Thapa
Dr. Matthias Rüger
Dr. Scott Corlew
Dr. Kavitha Ranganathan
Ms. Francoise Cardoso
Dr. Rahel Nardos
Academic Fellows
Meet previous academic fellows here.
Dr. Prajjwol Luitel
Based at Institute of Medicine Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Nepal
Dr. Anmol Patted
Based at Thomas Jefferson University, USA
Ms. Julia Curran
Based at Johns Hopkins University, USA
Dr. Kate Obayabgona
Based at Harvard Medical School, USA
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